[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #783: One of Elon Musk's companies is working on a more comprehensive metaverse

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OPLIN 4Cast #783: One of Elon Musk's companies is working on a more
comprehensive metaverse
December 29th, 2021

[image: Brain connections with man's silhouette in front] There's no doubt
that Elon Musk is a controversial figure, but his name is associated with
much of today's bleeding-edge technology. One of his companies, Neuralink,
hasn't gotten as much press as, say, Tesla or SpaceX but, with the advent
of Mark Zuckerburg's metaverse, renewed attention has increased the
spotlight on this company that aims to put implants in human brains as
computer interfaces.

   -
   - Elon Musk Says the Metaverse Sucks and Neuralink Will Be Better
   <https://futurism.com/elon-musk-metaverse-sucks-neuralink-better>
   [Futurism] "'It gets uncomfortable to have this thing strapped to your head
   the whole time,' he added. 'I think we’re far from disappearing into the
   metaverse.' Musk also offered what he sees as a far better alternative: a
   chip surgically implanted in your brain, courtesy of the brain-computer
   interface company Neuralink he co-founded.
   - Elon Musk says Neuralink could start implanting chips in humans in
   2022: People with severe spinal injuries would get the tech that the
   billionaire says could help them walk again
   <https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10284433/Elon-Musk-says-Neuralink-start-implanting-chips-humans-2022.html>
   [Daily Mail] "‘We hope to have this in our first humans — which will be
   people that have severe spinal cord injuries like tetraplegics,
   quadriplegics — next year, pending FDA approval. ‘I think we have a chance
   of being able to allow someone who cannot walk or use their arms be able to
   walk again – but not naturally.’"
   - Exclusive Q&A: Neuralink’s Quest to Beat the Speed of Type
   <https://spectrum.ieee.org/elon-musk-brain-neuralink> [IEEE Spectrum]
   "But behind the showmanship and hyperbole, the fact remains that Neuralink
   is staffed by serious scientists and engineers doing interesting research.
   The fully implantable brain-machine interface (BMI) they've been developing
   is advancing the field with its super-thin neural “threads" that can snake
   through brain tissue to pick up signals and its custom chips and
   electronics that can process data from more than 1000 electrodes."
   - Elon Musk's Neuralink is "bad science fiction," brain science pioneer
   says <https://www.inverse.com/science/neuralink-bad-sci-fi> [Inverse]
   "For example, Nicolelis says Neuralink’s video game-playing monkey isn’t
   groundbreaking. 'We had a wireless implant [in monkeys] since 2014,' he
   says, referring to a 2014 paper published in *Nature Methods*. Nicolelis
   also says Neuralink is taking credit for the work he and other BCI
   researchers have conducted for decades. '[Musk] sells things that have been
   invented before and he tries to say that he’s done some amazing thing.' "

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Elon Musk's Brain-Computer Startup Neuralink Raises $205 Million
   <https://search-ebscohost-com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=151747033&site=ehost-live>
   (McBride, S. (2021). Elon Musk’s Brain-Computer Startup Neuralink Raises
   $205 Million. *Bloomberg.Com*, 1–2.)
   - Doctors Sue University of California Over Deadly Brain Experiments on
   Monkeys
   <https://search-ebscohost-com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=awh&AN=151340003&site=ehost-live>
   (Doctors Sue University of California Over Deadly Brain Experiments on
   Monkeys. (2021). *Good Medicine*, *30*(3), 14.)
   - A computer mouse inside your head
   <https://search-ebscohost-com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sch&AN=153056851&site=ehost-live>
   (REGALADO, A. (2021). A computer mouse inside your head. *MIT Technology
   Review*, *124*(6), 28.)

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